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J. P. KELSO.

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Patented Apr. 13, 1886'.v

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrica.

JAMES P. KELSO, OF MORGANTOWVN, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T JAMESHICKEY, OF SAME PLACE.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,991, dated April13, 1886.

Application filed December 2, 1885. Serial No. 184,396. (No model.)

To .LZZ whom: it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES P. KELSO, of the town of Morgantown, count-yof Morgan, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Chorus, of which the following is a specification.

My said invention principally consists in a double inclined track and ina churn-body mounted thereon, so that as it is moved back and forth onsaid track, first one end and then the other will be elevated and thendepressed, throwing the contents of the churn violently against firstone end of the receptacle and then the other; and. it further consistsin a churn 1 having said ends formed of a general concave shape, butwith their surfaces irregular or composed of a series of angles, wherebyas the cream is dashed against them it is given an upward and rollingbackward movement, and

is at the same time broken and agitated by the irregular surface withwhich it is brought in contact, all of which will be hereinafter moreparticularly set forth.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof,and on which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figurel is a top or plan view of a churn embodying my said invention; Fig. 2,a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3, an end elevation, and Fig. 4 alongitudinal vertical section.

In said drawings the portions marked A represent the framework, uponwhich the churn is mounted; B, doubleinclined tracks, secured to saidframe-work O, the churnbody, a and D a hat strainer used in separatingthe butter from the fluids after churning. The

frame A is any suitable frame for supporting the tracks and the churnthereon,and is intended to rest directly and steadily upon the door 0 orground. It preferably extends up on each side toabove the churn-body, asa guard to prevent any liability of the churn-body being knocked ofiaccidentally. The tracks B are secured to theinside faces of saidframe-work one on one side and one on the other-and are inclined in bothdirections from the center, as shown. The inclines should be curved, andpreferably terminate in a sli ht upward rise at the outer ends. At thehighest point pins or stops 1) are preferably placed as a guard torevent the churn-wheels from running over this point. The churn-body Cis substantially rectangular in general outline, although its ends arepreferably formed like the sides of a hexagon or octagon, in order tomore effectually agitate the. cream as it comes in contact therewith.Upon the lower corners of this body are secured four wheels, 0, whichrest upon the tracks B. The body is also provided with a faucet at ornear one end in its lower side, by which the contents of the churn maybe drawn off.

As an implement to be used in connection with the churn after thechurning has been done, I provide a flat strainer, D, which may beplaced across the center of the churn, after moving off the butter toone end, and then by tipping up the churn on the other end thebutter-milk will run to that end and may be drawn off through thefaucet. Afterward water may be introduced for washing the butter, anddrawn off in the same way.

The operation of my said invention is as follows: The churn beingmounted in position and the cream put therein, the churn-body 7 is movedback and forth on the tracks by hand or any other force, and, as will bereadily understood, the ends are continually alternately elevated anddepressed, and the motion ofthe cream is therefore one of continualrising up and falling over, which thoroughly breaks and agitates it andcauses the butter to come very rapidly.

By the peculiar formation of the track and ends of the churn-body, thecream at the limit of each movement or travel of the churn is caused tosurge up over and then backward, not only agitating the, cream, but alsomaterially assisting in starting sald churn-body back on its returnmovement, and thus mako ingthe labor of operating it much lighter, aswill be readily understood.

Having thus fully described my'said invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is 5 1'. The combination of thesupporting-frame, double inclined tracks, the inclination whereof is inthe form of curved lines, said curvature terminating in a slight upwardinclination at the outer ends, and a churn-body provided with trucks orwheels and mounted on said track, substantiallyas described.

2. The combination, in a churn, of a snp- In witness whereof I haveliereunto set my porting frame-work, double inclined tracks hand andseal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this [0 thereon, and a churn-bodymounted on said 26th day'of November, A. D. 1885. tracks the ends ofsaid body being formed of 5 a general concave shape, with surfaces c0m-'JAMES KELSO posed of a series of angles, substantially as In presenceof-- shown and described, and for the purposes 0. BRADFORD, specified. IE. W. BRADFORD.

